Chapter 37 You Taste, You Taste Carefully

The Highbury Stadium was built in 1913. There are only two tiers of stands, and the four corners are not closed. This makes it difficult for the sound waves in the stadium to form on match days. Closed, the atmosphere will be greatly reduced.

Due to the long history, especially since the British government abolished all standing seats and changed the stadium to seats, the Highbury Stadium can only accommodate 38,000 people, which is considered very small among giants. What's more, it is even more difficult to get a ticket in London, the most prosperous place in the UK.

Arsenal was also hindered by the home court, so they made up their minds to build a brand new stadium. The capacity was increased to 60,000 people in one go. Coupled with various VIP boxes, this will inevitably increase Arsenal's matchday income by a surprising amount. .

Real Madrid's away game against Arsenal was called "the first thing I thought of when I woke up this morning" by British fans. It attracted the attention of the media and fans all over the world, and it also filled the Highbury Stadium.

The referee is Rubes Michael from Slovenia, who has rich experience in law enforcement.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, players from both teams stepped onto the court led by the referee.

Afterwards, Gao Shen also walked out of the player tunnel.

Standing at the entrance of the player tunnel, he happened to see himself appearing on the big screen at the stadium. At this moment, the live TV broadcast was showing him a big close-up.

The battle three days ago made him the youngest head coach in La Liga history.

And tonight, he made history again, becoming the youngest head coach in the history of the Champions League and even the European League.

At the age of twenty-five, many players are still called rookies, but he accidentally became the helm of Real Madrid. What an incredible legendary experience.

But everyone felt that his legend would come to an abrupt end tonight.

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"Hello, young head coach."

When Gao Shen stood at the entrance of the player tunnel and looked around, a very strange baritone voice came from beside his ears.

Looking at the prestige, it was Wenger who was approaching with a smile on his face.

The professor looked thinner than on TV, with more and deeper lines on his face and graying hair.

Obviously, he has been under the pressure of coaching for many years, which has brought him huge psychological pressure and burden.

Seeing Wenger stretching out his hand proactively, Gao Shen quickly stretched out his hands.

"Hi, professor, I'm very glad to meet you."

Wenger smiled kindly, looking very harmless to humans and animals, "To be honest, you really brought me a big surprise."

"Really?" Gao Shen had a flattered expression, "In college, we often discussed you, and it was my honor to be able to compete with you, and it was something I couldn't imagine before."

Wenger didn't take it to heart, It is estimated that he has heard similar words many times.

"I'm curious, how are you going to play tonight?" Wenger tentatively asked.

Gao Shen's smile faded away, and then he said slyly, "Guess."

Wenger laughed out loud, the more he looked at Gao Shen, the more pleasing to the eye, this kid is very cunning, the kind of cunning that reveals cleverness.

"I don't need to guess. You didn't use Ronaldo and Carlos. I guess it was to ensure the team's game rhythm. If these two people were there, it would indeed have some impact, so I guess, you still want to attack."

Gao Shen Now I can't laugh anymore.

As soon as Wenger saw his expression, he knew immediately that he had guessed right.

"If I were you, I would consider attacking at the beginning, trying to grab a goal, grasping the rhythm and initiative of the game first, as long as the score is equalized, it will be us who are passive. "I have to say that Wenger guessed right.

Gao Shen suddenly felt that Wenger's eyes hidden in the gully were full of wisdom, and he seemed to have no secrets in front of these eyes, which made him quite uncomfortable.

"Professor, guess why I didn't arrange for Woodgate to start?" Gao Shen refused to let Wenger continue.

Arsene Wenger lags behind and Woodgate was put on the bench tonight after a fantastic performance in last weekend's derby.

Gao Shen arranged for Elguera and Ramos to partner as central defenders, which was a bit beyond Wenger's expectations.

It stands to reason that Woodgate is in good form and is familiar with the Premier League and Arsenal, so he should start.

"I specially rotated him so that he could recharge his batteries for the weekend game against Valencia."

After saying this, his deep expression seemed to be implying Wenger, you taste, you taste carefully.

Wenger was speechless, and for a while, he really couldn't figure out whether it was true or not.

Could it be that this kid really hides some trump card? So confident about the game?

Only Gao Shen knew in his heart, why did he deliberately rotate Woodgate?

In fact, the team doctor was not sure about Woodgate's ability to play the full game, and strongly advised Gao Shen not to arrange him to start, so Elguera was allowed to step up.

Otherwise, where would Gao Shen let Woodgate sit on the bench?

But of course he wouldn't tell Wenger these things, and let the Arsenal coach guess by himself.

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Although it is an away game, Real Madrid still wears a white jersey, while Arsenal wears a dark brown jersey and white shorts.

Raul was very competitive this time, beating Henry when he guessed the side, and won the kick-off for Real Madrid.

After the players of the two teams lined up, Gao Shen immediately saw the formation of Arsenal.

Some surprises.

In the last game against Fulham, Ljungberg played as a left midfielder. In this game, Wenger put him in the midfielder or shadow forward position. Reyes played on the left and Hleb was still on the right. Road, Henry played the center forward.

After seeing this, Gao Shen walked to the sidelines and gestured towards De La Reid and Gravesen, signaling them to pay attention to Ljungberg. This guy has been in a very good state recently.

There is also Beckham, pay attention to returning to defense in time, assisting the defense and double midfielders.

After finishing the arrangement, Gao Shen took another look at the coaching bench of the home team, and found that Wenger was sitting in the coaching bench on the ground, as if everything was in his hands.

At this moment, the referee Rubes blew the whistle to start the game.

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Negredo kicked the ball to Raúl, who kicked it back to Zidane, and Henry, Ljungberg and Reyes rushed towards Real Madrid's half at the same time.

Instead of passing back, Zidane moved directly to the left and handed it to Felipe who came in, but Hleb blocked Felipe immediately, forcing the Real Madrid left back to pass the ball back. Gravesen.

The midfielder made another pass and Ramos stopped the ball.

At this time, Real Madrid's entire midfield has moved forward quickly.

After Ramos and Arbeloa passed back and forth, it was handed over to Elguera.

When the Real Madrid central defender stopped the ball, he was already close to the central circle.

Glancing ahead, Elguera kicked the ball to the frontcourt with a big kick.

Zidane suppressed Fabregas with his body, stopped the ball in the chest, turned sideways, and passed the ball to the right of the top of the penalty area.

Negredo took the lead and headed the ball towards the penalty area.

Raul also suddenly jumped in at this time, but the goalkeeper Lehmann attacked decisively, grabbed the ball before Raul, and intercepted the ball from the air.

Although he failed to grab the ball, Raul still gave Negredo a thumbs up.

Highbury Stadium gave Lehmann a burst of applause.

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The first attack failed and Arsenal quickly counterattacked with a hand throw.

After Flamini stopped the ball, he passed it to Reyes who came back to meet him.

But just when Reyes was about to start dribbling the ball, Arbeloa suddenly fell to the ground and shoveled the ball out of bounds.

Real Madrid's right back did not return to the defense immediately, but followed Reyes and appeared near the 30-meter zone of Arsenal, especially when Arsenal was about to throw a throw-in, Real Madrid's entire formation remained the same. Keep pressing forward.

Negredo, Beckham, Zidane, De La Reid, Arbeloa, these five players all pressed in this area, causing Arsenal to throw the ball quickly, Arbeloa took the lead The header went back, and Beckham headed it to Zidane again.

After Zidane dribbled the ball horizontally, he suddenly sent a direct pass to Raul's feet.

The Real Madrid captain got rid of Kolo Touré and sent a direct pass into the penalty area again.

But this time, Negredo did not understand Raul's intention and missed a good opportunity in vain.

But even so, Real Madrid still did not retreat, and continued to maintain a high position to press and oppress.

Now, everyone understands.

Real Madrid is going to start the attack!

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Even if he was prepared in his heart, when Wenger saw Real Madrid press with such a strong high position, pressing Arsenal in the half, making it difficult for the Gunners to pass the ball across the center line, he was calm on the surface, but in his heart Still amazed.

On the one hand, he felt Gao Shen's determination and courage, especially in the absence of Ronaldo, Gao Shen dared to go all out to oppress Arsenal in this way, which required great courage and courage.

On the other hand, he was also amazed by his superb skills, especially the ability to allow superstars such as Zidane, Beckham and Raul to run and cover so vigorously. With this ability, he is not surprised why Real Madrid can beat Atletico Madrid.

Thinking of this, Wenger walked out of the coach's bench for the first time, came to the sidelines, and signaled for the team to recover properly and stabilize the defense first.

Although Real Madrid does not have Ronaldo, the superstar lineup composed of Raul, Zidane and Beckham still cannot be underestimated, and Wenger does not dare to blindly promote it, especially when Real Madrid shows such an aggressive momentum.

And Real Madrid was also near the center line very quickly. Gravesen completed a steal and quickly moved to the right.

Arbeloa kicked to the right side of the front court, Zidane ran over, received the ball, was blocked by Flamini, failed to pass from the bottom, but knocked back on the right side of the penalty area.

Beckham stopped, adjusted slightly, and sent a precise oblique pass to the penalty area with his right foot, sending the ball directly to the back point.

I saw Raul jumping in smartly, before Kolo Touré, headed the goal from close range, and hit a lower left corner.

This attack can be described as extremely dangerous, very sudden, especially Beckham's long-distance oblique pass was quite accurate, but fortunately Lehmann made a flying save at a critical moment and blocked the ball out of the baseline with one hand.

The ball barely brushes the post and goes out of bounds.

The entire Wembley Stadium screamed in unison, followed by applause for Lehmann.

It was the first shot of the game, a close-range header from Raul.

It's a pity that he almost failed to break through Arsenal's goal.

But this attack was enough to make Arsenal break out in a cold sweat.

Beckham, who returned to the right, showed amazing strength, especially his cross.